§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many social housing properties(a) are vacant and (b) have been constructed in the last five years in each local government area in Northern Ireland. [137714]
§ Mr. SpellarAt 30 September 2003 the Housing Executive had 6,041 vacant properties. At 31 March 2003 registered house associations had 1,208 vacant properties.
The attached table details the number of social houses completed in the five year period 1998–99 to 2002–03.
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Social housing: Completions for years 1998–99 to 2002–03 Houses completed District council 1998–00 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Antrim 13 4 0 31 9 Ards 36 7 15 84 0 Armagh 25 102 10 19 0 Ballymena 80 11 60 27 33 Ballymoney 11 0 12 0 4 Banbridge 37 0 10 32 1 Belfast 542 542 483 681 392 Carrick 33 31 52 27 15 Castlereagh 0 0 84 20 6 Coleraine 16 62 27 10 0 Cookstown 21 12 0 7 0 Craigavon 71 53 58 13 0 Derry 242 188 135 336 334 Down 97 69 116 37 51 Dungannon 20 44 3 12 14
Social housing: Completions for years 1998–99 to 2002–03 Houses completed District council 1998–00 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Fermanagh 42 67 35 38 5 Larne 49 0 0 15 0 Limavady 0 53 42 22 31 Lisburn 72 137 132 172 86 Magherafelt 13 24 6 2 5 Moyle 37 28 0 0 0 Newry and Mourne 91 46 80 25 38 Newtownabbey 34 20 32 27 12 North Down 9 97 4 56 44 Omagh 31 116 37 25 5 Strabane 66 25 75 62 50 Total 1,688 1,738 1,508 1,780 1,135